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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ERVIN R. HOBTON, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 378.094, dated February 21, 3.888.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ERVIN R. HoRToN, of Medford, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in .Cuff-Holders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has 'for its object to provide a cuff-holder especially adapted for ladies use.

In accordance with this invention a strip of wire is bent at or near the middle, like ahairpin, forming two legs, which at a point about Y the middle of the bent strip cross each other and terminate in hooks or bent portions, which co-operate to form a separable buttonreceiving loop. I

The legs of the holder at a point midway between the point where the legs cross each other and that end opposite the button-receiving loop are bent inward toward each other, to meet, or substantiallyso, for a short distance, and suchv inwardly-bent portionA is surrounded vby a band. A loop will thus be presented at each side of the band,that one next the hooks being adapted to be compressed to separate the button-receiving loop and that one at the end permitting a small portion of material to be drawn through it, so that a pin can be quilted into the material of the sleeve, thence through the material protruding from the said loop, and entering the opening which is formed in the band, to thereby conceal the point of the pin.A The loop at the end opposite the separable button-receiving loop, together with the pin, forms the attaching device for the cuff-holder; and in lieu of this form of attaching device, the said loop may be omittedand the two legs made of independent pieces of metal bent to present the separable button-receiving loop and the compressible loop, and joined one to the other at the end opposite the button-receiving loop, the wire forming one of the said legs being extended and overturned to form a pin, the end of which may be caught beneath a suitable hook oreye, like an ordinary safety-piu. l Y

Figure l shows in elevation a cuff-holder .Application tiled J" une 18, 1887.' Serial No. 241,722. (No model.)

, ends of the legs. are bent, as at 5, to form hooks.

or portions of a loop, which may be separated, when desired, by compressing the main body portion of the holder. The separable loop thus formed encircles the shank of the sleevebutton.

The legs 2 3 ofthe holder at a point between where the said legs cross `each other and the end opposite the separable button-receiving loop are bent inward toward each otherto meet, or substantially so, for a short distance, and a band,` 6, having'a central opening, surrounds the legs at this point. thus be presented at one side of the band 6, through which a small portion of the sleeve or garment may be pulled, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it may protrude. sufciently to permit a pin, 7, quilted into the sleeve outside the said loop, to pass through the material protruding from within the loop, the point` of said pin tinally entering the central opening ofthe band 6. A loop, 8, will be presented at the opposite side oi' the band 6, the wire forming the sides of which when compressed causes the button-receiving loop to separate.

It is obvious that the particular bend given to the ends of the legs `may be varied somewhat, two differentforms being herein shown in Figs. 1 and 3, that'shown in Fig. 3 being preferable, as -it contains an outwardly-projecting lip to facilitate the passage of the shank of the button. It is also obvious that the parf ticlar attaching device by which the cuffholder herein shown is attached to a sleeveviz., the loop 4, band 6, and pin-may be used for. garment-supporters and the like.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a cuff-holder having a modified form of attaching device. The two legs 2 3 are herein. made kof two independent pieces of wire bent-to present the separable A loop, 4, will IOO button-receiving loop and the compressible loop, the legs beingjoined one to the other at the point indicated by the loop 4. One of the legs is extended and overturned to form a pin, 25, the end of which is caught beneath an open hook or eye, 26, like unto an ordinary safety-pin.

I clai ni- 1. As au improved article of manufacture, the herein-described -@utf-holder made of wire, it having a pin-attaching device, substantially as described, at one end, and a separable springact-uated button-receiving'loop at the opposite end, substantially as and for the purposes specied.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described cuff-holder made of wire, it having a piu-attaching device at one end, a separable springactuated buttonreceiving loopatthe opposite end,andacompressibleloop or middle portion, 8, formed by the legs which form the sides of the button-receiving loop crossing each other near the said button-receiving loop, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The attaching device for purposes described, which consists of a. loop, 4, a band, 6, having a central opening, and a pin, 7, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In the cui-holder herein described, a twopart or separable button-receiving loop, the

rextremity of one part being bent outward to form a loop, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. In lche cuholder herein described, an

attaching device at one end to engage the ERVIN R. HORTON.

Vitnesses:

BERNICE J. NoYEs, F. L. EMERY. 

